America's Next Republicans?

[G_j]

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/05/hillary-clintons-democrats-are-americas-next-repub.html

They’ve been called the “post-hope” Democrats by Jacobin Magazine, but a more accurate term for many of Hillary Clinton’s supporters would be “New Republicans.” After the primary, and several more election cycles, these voters will likely end up representing America’s conservative party.

Hillary’s Democrats tend to be older and more affluent. Many have decidedly negative views of Bernie Sanders, and the kind of economic populism he is promoting. Not only are they turned off by his class-driven rhetoric — viewing it as too radical, divisive, and disruptive — they are also wary of too much government action. Clinton’s Democrats, consciously or otherwise, hold to some of the main tenets of the Reagan Revolution.

That said, these are not the New Democrats of the 1990’s, though that is where their roots are planted. Socially, they identify as progressives — hypersensitive to privilege and prejudice — but outside those issues, their ideology rests on the belief that nuance dictates moral ambiguity, and is beyond the understanding of common folk. Such sentiment gives deference to authority, and assumes that every side must have a valid argument in the face of impenetrable complexity.


On foreign policy, the New Republicans are no different from the neoliberals. In spite of a history of negative consequences, unprovoked military intervention and nation-building are deemed acceptable for the reasons previously stated.


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[G_j]

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[CobaltBlue]

2. G_j—“Clinton’s Democrats are tomorrow’s Republicans.”

Makes sense.

The younger elected politicians who have signed on as Clinton Democrats are Diet Republicans.

I am, in an unexpected way, grateful for the strange dynamics which have played out in the Republican and Democratic parties.

They are both experience a great deal of unrest. and it is overdue.

[firebrand80]

3. This doesn't describe me at all

I don't have a negative view of Bernie or his policies.

For example, I would love to get to universal healthcare and tuition free college. We need a realistic way to get there, and Bernie is not offering that.